November | 2010 | English Russia

Categories Funny, Photos, Russian People, Society

The female political movement "Femen" started their protest actions on the 8th of June, 2008 in Ukraine. These pretty but very manly ladies

protest against sex-tourism, corrupt practices and lack of democracy in Ukraine. Here are the photos of their demonstrations.

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Categories Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People

The work of the reserve inspector is not only romantic patrolling of forests, chasing poachers and observing nature. The territory development also takes a lot of time and energy. For

example today in Kronotsky reserve was finished the restoration of a river crossing for snowmobiles and cross-country vehicle over the nonfreezing Lebjazhka River.

Categories Exclusive, Photos, Russian Nature, Technology

Photos of and from the Moscow cable-braced bridge in Kiev, Ukraine, shot by the same brave photographer, who also shot view of Moscow from the height of 176 meters, extreme pictures of a football

stadium, photos of Kiev subway tunnels and other breathtaking pictures! The height of the Moscow bridge pylon is 125 meters and the whole length of the Northern bridge branch makes 6 km.

Categories Culture, Exclusive, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society

The long-term project of a photographer Carolyn Drake is devoted to nature, politics, culture and changes. Since 2007 Carolina visited five former republics of the Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tajikistan,

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan 15 times. During the visit to the Central Asia she wanted to learn, how life and culture of Moslems were affected by the Soviet Union and how they have changed after its disintegration.

Categories Automotive, Economics, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Technology

A photo report from the "Northern" area of an opencast mine in the Crimea, Ukraine, where shell rock is mined. Shell rock is has been used as a building

material for a long time. This rock was formed many centuries ago, as a result of pressing of mollusks' shells, sand, lime and other natural elements.

Categories Economics, Photos, Russian People, Society

Photos of little Siberian towns. Some of them are now abandoned, some are populated, but living there is

not a honeymoon. These pictures remind of the fact that a human being can adapt to any conditions.

Categories Culture, Exclusive, Photos, Russian Art, Society

In November, 2nd at one of the Moscow Subway stations the porcelain exhibition was opened. The station became bright, elegant and attractive. There are presented exhibits of national art crafts

of leading Russian factories: Imperial Porcelain Factory (St.Petersburg), «Gardner's Manufactories», Dulyovsky Porcelain Factory and «Association Gzhel» closed corporation.

Categories Culture, Other, Photos, Russian People, Society

Borsch is a very delicious and specific kind of vegetable soup and a part of national cuisines of many countries: Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Moldova, etc. There are hundreds ways of cooking borsch. For example the Ukrainian borsch is usually cooked with fried meat (when you need

to make it quicker) or raw meat (originally beef or pork). It consists of boiled vegetables (beet, onion, cabbage and carrots) which are added in broth later. Borsch is commonly boiled for 20-40 minutes and when it is ready, is a real tastiness with sour cream!

Categories History, Photos, Russian People, Society

The continuation of the photo history about shopping in the early 90-s, when there were no internet shops, mini- and

supermarkets and even normal good stores - just ordinary people buying ordinary things in ordinary places.

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Categories Economics, Photos, Russian Nature, Russian People, Society

Thousands of people in the Krasnodar Territory have lost their property in one night as a result of a natural calamity. The inundation carried away 14 lives. More than 1000 houses

suffered and it is impossible to restore most of them. The Russian Government and the regional authorities promised to pay each owner of a destroyed house 150 thousand rubles.

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